Mold for making articles of plastic material



Oct 12 1926.

o. DEAN MOLD FOR MAKING ARTICLES 0F PLASTIC MATERIAL Filed May 19. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 E ZHHU I j i INVENTOR. I z t?! ATTORNEYS.

Oct- 12 1926.

D. M. DEAN MOLD FOR MAKING ARTICLES. 0F PLASTIC MATERIAL Filed May 19, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 R m m I.

' mold, ona greatly .reduceds scale;

Patented Get. 12, 1926.

nonrrvnn ivr. DEAN, or rnonrmrnmnors, Assrerron or ONE-HALF T0 MARK n. I Dave, or r oRIa, rnmnors.

MOLD ron MAKING AnrIcrns or rrasrrre Karenina.

Application filed. May d9,

'lhis invention has referenceto improve ments in molds for making or molding articles ,of plastic material, such as fence posts, posts for marking boundry lines and for other purposes; to .the reinforcing means for such articles and the centering means therefor; to anirnproved locking means for remova'bly locking the Sections of the mold to- .A further object of ftheinyention is in the provision of -reinforcingmeans for the articles, including means for centering the reinforcing means inth ,article ,during the tamping of the material in'themold.

V ...A further object of the invention is to provide character plates or bars for the mold, adapted to contain suitable designating characters for molding-into the article suitable designating markings.

Astill furthe lob'ect of the inventionlis to molda post preferably with beveled corners and with a plurality of reinforcing rods arrange-d ,preferably in rectangular form, 'saidrods united ,top and bottom in reinforcing centering plates. That the -in vention may be more fully unde s o d, l f nse is had toth mpanying drawings forming a .part ;of the. description, illustrating a preferred embodiie tcfl 1, n t l ;i w ch: I r

-,'Figure dis a side v ew army improved ,Eigure 2 is transverse sectional view through the mold with a post ,molded there, in and reirie w h imp o -d ei rci an C t rin mean Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the mold, as the same would ap-, P r i talis a M n Fie' i fi; T

' EigureA is aside elevation of .a part ,of the mold shown ;in .Eigure ,1, with the sepaabl r ections s own in th PQ it Qn ey the sectionsfj' 15,23. ser l Np. 562,152.

would occupy when separating lor uniting Figure 5 is a detail in plan .of one set of complementary lock ng means;

Figure 6 is a cross-section as the samewould lap ear on the line 66"Figure 5; Figure is a "detail view or an end casting for them'old; V i

thereinforcing and centering means showntherein, in dotted lines; i v r Figure 9 is an end view of the post shown in Figure 8 Figure 10 is a detail in plan, approxiinately, full size showing vthe reinforcing and centering means with the outline of the post in'dotted lines, and I,

l ligure ll an elevation of the reinforcand centering means shown in Figure LQjwith an outline .of the post in dotted lines. j

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the figures.

fl 'lhis application is' a "companion ,to one filed ;bv :IDQ Of eyenfidat'e herewith bearing Seria'1"No.r 5 62,161, which is directed to "a method and apparatus for molding, reinforcing and ta'mping articl of concrete or other plasticsubstances, said companion application being an improvement upon the mold'ng machinepate ited' by me May 2, 19 .6, N time. r

' The moldlpreferably'j comprises separable sections 1 and 2 arranged to bebrought into securnig relat on to each other and desli din'g one .section on the other, 111 a manner tojbemore, fully explained.

Each section includes elongatediIll-shaped trough members .3 and 4 constituting half sections of a preferably tubularl rectangular frame when the sections of the mold are in secu d lation. Toi outs d Of t e side walls of eachtrough are secured clon gated preferably angle'iron bars 5, 5 and 6,6. To the nside ofthe face plates of each trough are secured plates 7 and 8, re spectively', provided or formed with resilient anguIarendsQ and 10, respectively, arranged. when the sections of the mold are'joined and plastic material poured and tamped therein to produce rgmold bevele'dcorners the length of the post A, as at '1 s e Fi gures 8 to 11, inclusive. At suitable points in the length of the angle iron bars 5,5 are FigureS is an elevation of a molded post,

provided bolt openings 11 in communication with elongated slots 12. At suitable points in the length of the angle iron bars 6, 6, are provided bolt openings 13 and through such openings are carried bolts 14 secured in place by nuts 15. Each bolt 14 is formed or provided with an enlarged lug shaped head 16 provided with opposite flat sides 17 and an inclined or tapered shoulder 18.- Said lugshaped heads 16 are of the same diameter as the bolt openings 11 in the angle iron bars 5 and the thickness of said heads between tleir flat faces 17 is of the same width as the slots 12; whereby it will be seen that, when the angle iron 5 of section 1 are laid on the angle iron bars 6 of the section 2 with the bolt openings 11 coincident with the bolts 1d the heads 16 of the latter may be inserted through the bolt openings 11; then by sliding the section 1 on the section 2, permitted by the flat faces 17 of the heads 16 sliding between the walls of the slots 12, the parts are ready for locking. The locking elements include the tapered or inclined shoulners 18 on the heads 16 and the tapered bifurcated wedge members 19 secured to the angle iron bars 5 and adapted to slide on either side of the flat faces 17 of the heads 16 and under and against the tapered or inclined shoulders 18 on the heads 16. in this manner the sections 1 and 2 are locked together, while reverse movement of the section 1 on thesection 2 to bring the bolts 14 coincident with the bolt openings will permit the sections to be separated by liftingone off the other, as it is believed will he understood. The sections have hand holds '20 and 21 respectively, by means of which the sections may be handled;

One end of the mold is left open when the sections are joined, to receive the concrete orother plastic substance to be poured therein; whereas the other endis closed by the casting 22 made in half sections, one each connected with the corresponding ends of the sections 1 and 2 respectively. Said esting is provided with a socket 23 to receive a member on the tamping machine, not shown, by which the mold is held in position as the same is lifted and allowed to drop to abruptly jogor tamper the mater al in the mold. The inner end of the casting 22 is formed or'provided with a tapered depression 2 1 which forms a corresponding tapered'end C on the top of the post A. The castin 'end 22 of the mold during molding being considered as the lower end of the mold.

To the opposite sides of the section 2 of the mold and about midway the length the eof are secured trunnions or similar members 25 serving as a mounting for the mold on the tan'ipin'g machine to steady and guide the mold during movement thereof in and up and down direction for tamping the material in the mold.

In operation, assuming that the sections 1 and 2 have been joined and locked together, the mold is supported in perpendicular position by means of the trunnions 25 on the tamping machine with the socket 23 of the casting 22 on the lower end of the mold embracing a member on the tamping machine, to center the mold and guide it during up and down movement to tamp the material being poured into the open end of the mold. A small amount of material is first poured into the mold, sufficient to fill the tapered end 2 1 of the casting 22. The attendant then drops into the mold the reinforcing means which comprises the preferably rectangular skeleton plates 26, the

corners of which have jaws 27 to grip rods.

28 which extend almost the full length of the mold, and therefore the post to be molded, with the plates 26 at or near each end of the mold and likewise the post to be molded. Said plates 26 are each provided with oppositely, laterally extended centering pins or lugs 29, which, as the mold is jogged. up and down by the tamper and vibrating against the sides of the mold automatically center themselves in the mold and likewise the post being poured and molded, and the post becomes molded with, the plates 26 centered in the post and the rods 28 equidistant from the sides and corners of the post. A uch reinforcing, as I have described is of an unusual character and produces a post of unusual strength. 7

The mold as described omits the character plates or bars to which reference has been made, as it should be apparent that the mold may or may not require the molding of posts with markings molded therein. This is a manufacturers expedient, and is only found desirable in some instances, such for instance in the holding of posts employed for county and State lines, or similar corner posts, and sometimes in railroad use.

The character plates or boards are each designated 30, and although not shown with engravings or embossings thereon, it'is un-' derstood the inner faces of said plates or boards. at one end or the other or at any point thereon may be and are to be provided with suitable markings, which in turn are to be molded or imp -inted in the-face or faces of the molded post. As shown, the'plates or bars 30 are separate from each other and from the sections 1 and 2 and clamped Within and between the said sections when they are joined, and preferably at the opposite ends of the plates 7 and 8, respectively. The resilient ends 9 and 10 of the respective plates 7 and 8 are intended to have an impinging relation with the plates or bars 30 so that a very tight fit shall be made at this point and thereby prevent uneven or rough edges of the bevel edges of the post. Spacing members 31 are provided on the plates to bear against the walls of the or bars sections 1 and 2, and to ena 'le easy removal .of the sections 1 and 2 when unfastened 1. A mold for articles of plastic substances, comprising separable sections arranged to have a slidable relation longitudinally of each other dinally of each other preliminary to fastening and separating said sections, complementary locking members on said sections, and character plates for able markings in said articles.

2. A mold for articles of plastic substances, comprising separable sections arranged to have a slidable relation longitudinally of each other preliminary tofastening and separating said sections, complementary locking members on said sections, and an end casting of separable sections to mold tapered ends on said articles.

3. A mold for articles of plastic substances, comprising separable sections arranged to have a slidable relation longitupreliminary to fastening and separating said sections, complementary locking members on said sections, character plates for said mold to mold suitable markings in said articles, casting of separable sections tapered ends on said articles.

4. A mold for articles of plastic substances, comprising separable sections arranged to have a slidable relation longitudinally of each other preliminary to fastening and separating said sections, completo mold said mold to mold suitand an end mentary locking members on said sections, plates in the mold having angular ends for molding articles with beveled corners, and means in the mold for molding tapered ends on said articles.

A mold for articles of plastic substances, comprising separable sections ar-- ranged to have a slidable relation longitudinally of eachother preliminary to fastening and separating said sections, complementary locking members on said sections, character plates for'said mold to mold suitable markings in said articles, plates in the mold having angular ends for molding articles with beveled corners, and means in the mold for molding tapered ends on said articles. a 1

6. A mold for articles of plastic substances, comprising separable sections arranged tohave a, slidable relation prelimi-' nary to fastening and separating ,said sections, complementary locking means on said sections, hand gripping means connected to each section, and supporting means connected with one of said sections.

7 A mold for articles of plastic substances, comprising separable sections arranged to have a slidable relation preliminary to fastening and separating said sections, said sections provided with plates adapted to lie in juxtaposition, certain of said plates having bolt openings and communicating elongated slots, wedge members connected to said last mentioned plates and straddling said slots, and bolts connected with the other of said plates and having wedging surfaces to be engaged by said wedge members.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto afiixed my hand this 12th day of May, 1922.

DOLLIVER M. DEAN. 

